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I mean, humans can detect magnetic fields as well. There's even languages without relative egocentric positions like left/right, only north south east west. Given all that, I don't think it's out there that dogs sense it and like being aligned when they're trying to poop.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/humans-other-animals...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guugu_Yimithirr_language



The predominance of geographic directions in Guugu Yimithirr has nothing to do with magnetic sensing; humans know what north and south are from sun positions and memory.




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